Sentences with phrase «food insecure means»

(To be food insecure means not knowing when or how one will get their next meal.)

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According to the 2015 Report Card on Child and Family Poverty in Canada, one in ten Canadians and one in five children is food insecure, meaning they don't know where their next meal is coming from.

More than 14 % of households in the U.S. were food insecure, in 2009, meaning they did not know where their next meal would come from.

That means a staggering 19 percent of households with children are food insecure.

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Almost 7 million kids aged 10 - 17 currently live in food - insecure households, meaning they don't have reliable access to a sufficient quantity of affordable, nutritious food.

Nearly 8 % of American households with children can be categorized as «food insecure» which means that these families worry about not having enough money to buy food and as a result, often skip meals, substitute cheaper food, or eat less.

About one in 12 Illinois residents is «food insecure,» food bank officials say, meaning they can't take their next meal for granted.

«Almost a third of the households were food insecure, and more than 16 percent had very low food security, meaning they were skipping meals, at risk for experiencing hunger and probably missing work and school and suffering health problems as a result,» said study lead author Michelle Kaiser, an assistant professor of social work at Ohio State.

This will mean increased hunger and famines across an already food - insecure continent.

Food insecurity still persists in the United States; an estimated 14 percent of American households (17.4 million), were food «insecure» in 2014, meaning they had difficulty at some point during the year providing enough food for their families due to a lack of resources, according to a recent report from the U.S. Department of AgricultFood insecurity still persists in the United States; an estimated 14 percent of American households (17.4 million), were food «insecure» in 2014, meaning they had difficulty at some point during the year providing enough food for their families due to a lack of resources, according to a recent report from the U.S. Department of Agricultfood «insecure» in 2014, meaning they had difficulty at some point during the year providing enough food for their families due to a lack of resources, according to a recent report from the U.S. Department of Agricultfood for their families due to a lack of resources, according to a recent report from the U.S. Department of Agriculture.

Approximately 111,279 households in Nebraska were food insecure in 2016 — meaning they didn't know where their next meal was coming from at some point during the last year.